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UNIT-I
FUNDAMENTALS AND CHAIN SURVEYING
Part A
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1) Define surveying.
2) What are the types of surveying? What are the primary divisions of surveying ?
3) State the principle of surveying.
4) Why not “part to whole” Explain.
5) Differentiate plan and map?
6) What are source of errors?
Part B
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1. Explain the principles of surveying? With a simple sketch state the construction and
use of a cross staff
2. a. Explain the different method of ranging with neat sketch.
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b. What are the accessories for a chain survey? Explain the functions of each.
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3 How chain can be done on an uneven ground or sloping ground? Point out the
advantages and disadvantages of this method.
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4 Explain different corrections that can be applied to chain or tape.
5 Explain in details how a chain traversing can be done.
6 The distance between two points measured with a Gunter’s chain was found to be 7500
links. The same distance was measured with an Engineers chain and was found to be
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4930 feet. If the Gunter’s chain was 0.25 Link too short, what was error in engineer’s
chain?
7 A chain was tested before starting a survey and was found to be exactly 20m and 20cm.
The area of the plan drawn to a scale 8cm to 1cm was 220sq.cm. Find the true area of
the field.
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8 A 30m chain was found to be 0.1m too long after chaining 2400m. If the chain was
correct before commencement of the work, find the true distance.
9. A 30m steel tape was standardized on the flat and was found to be exactly 3mm under
no pull at 66°F. It was used in catenar to measure a base of 5 bays the temperature
during the measurement was 92°F and the pull exerted during the measurement was
10kg. The area of the cross section of the tape was 0.08 sq.cm and the specific weights
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of steel is 7.86 g/cc. A = 0.0000063 per 1°F and e = 2.109 x 10 6 kg/sq.cm. Find the true
length of the line.
10 A steel exactly 30m long at 18°C when supported throughout its length under a pull of
8 kg, A line was measured with a tape under a pull of 12 kg and found to be 1602 m.
the mean temperature during the measurement was 26 C. Assuming the tape to be
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supported at every 30m, calculate the length of the line, given that cross sectional area
of the tape is 0.04 sq.cm, the weight of 1 cc = 0.0077 kg, the co efficient of expansion =
.000012 per 1°C, and the modulus of elasticity = 2.1 x 10 3 kg / sq.cm
UNIT-II
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COMPASS SURVEYING
Part-A
b. Meridian
c. Types of bearing and meridian
3. State the conversion rule for W.C.B to R.B
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7. Define dip.
8. How dip eliminated?
9. Define magnetic declination. What are the types?
10. Find the magnetic declination at a place if the magnetic bearing of the sun at noon is
i) 184°00’
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ii) 350°24’
11. How local attraction can be eliminated?
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12. Define traverse?
13. Define agonic and isogonic lines
14. How local attraction can be detected?
15. What are the types of traverse?
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16. What is local attraction?
17. What are errors in compass survey?
18. Define the variation of declinations?
19. What is different between magnetic bearing and true bearing?
20. What are the temporary adjustments in compass?
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Part – B
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B
S10°0’W
S77°0’E
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Examine the following notes on a compass survey for local attraction. Determine correct
bearings. Also determine the included angles at A,B,C,D and E.
Station FB BB
N85°0’E
N10°0’E
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C N05°0’ N75°0’W
D N54°0’W S02°0’
E S88°0’W S50°0’
5. The following angles were observed in clockwise direction in an open traverse angle
ABC = 124°15’, angle BCD = 156°30’ angle CDE = 102°0’ angle DEF = 95°15’ angle
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EFG = 215°30’ magnetic bearing of line AB was 241°30’.what would be the bearing of
line FG = ?.
6. Explain different method of plotting a compass traverse?
7. The following are the magnetic bearings of a closed traverse ABCD carried out in an
area under the influence of local attraction. Find the correct magnetic bearings, if the
magnetic declination for the area is 1°45’E,find also the true bearings.
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Magnetic bearing
Line
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FB BB
AB 21°14’ 202°30’
BC 138°20’ 318°20’
CD 202°18’ 23°23’
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DA 293°41’ 111°20’
8. The bearing of one side of a regular pentagon was found to be N300E. Find bearings of
other lines. The following angles were observed in clockwise direction in an open
traverse angle ABC = 124°15’, angle BCD = 156°30’ angle CDE = 102°0’ angle DEF =
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95°15’ angle EFG = 215°30’ magnetic bearing of line AB was 241°30’.what would be
the bearing of line FG =?.
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9. Explain different method of plotting a compass traverse?
The following are the magnetic bearings of a closed traverse ABCD carried out in an area
under the influence of local attraction. Find the correct magnetic bearings, if the magnetic
declination for the area is 1°45’E, Find also the true bearings.
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Magnetic bearing
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FB BB
AB 21°14’ 202°30’
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BC 138°20’ 318°20’
CD 202°18’ 23°23’
DA 293°41’ 111°20’
The bearing of one side of a regular pentagon was found to be N300E. Find bearings of
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other lines.
UNIT-II
PLANE TABLE SURVEYING
Part-A
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1. What is plane tabling?
2. Mention the suitability and unsuitability of plane tabling?
3. What are the equipments used in plane tabling?
4. What are the methods of plane tabling?
5. What are the accessories of plane tabling?
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Part – B
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UNIT-III
LEVELING
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Part – A
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1. Define leveling.
2. What is the principle of leveling?
3. Mention the types of level.
4. Mention the types of leveling staves.
5. What are back sights and fore sights?
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6. Define height of instrument.
7. Define intermediate sight.
8. Define change point.
9. Define BM. Explain its classification.
10. Define parallax. How is it eliminated in a level?
11. Mention the temporary adjustments of leveling.
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12. Define level book.
13. Mention the method of reduction of levels.
14. Mentions the arithmetical check in rise and fall method and height of collimation method.
15. The observed staff reading on a staff held at A was 2.625m. the staff was found to be
15cm off the vertical through its bottom. Find the correct staff reading.
16. The staff reading on a certain peg is 3.820 when the staff is held 0.25m out of plumb bob
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in its total length of 4 m.find the correct staff reading for staff held VL.
17. How leveling can be done when the staff station was too long or too high?
18. How to level cross a pond or a lake?
19. How it’s possible for leveling, if the BM lies above the line of collimation.
20. Mention the different types of leveling errors.
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27. Why is it necessary to bring the bubble to mid run just before taking the reading?
28. What is the need for balancing the fore sight and back sight distances?
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Part – B
1) Explain the different types of levels and staves with neat sketches.
2) a) Mention the differences between height of collimation method and rise and fall
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method
b) Record the following observations in the form of a leveling field book and obtain the
reduced level of the each point. Give the necessary checks.
Reading on inverted staff on point A whose reduced level is 52.345 = 3.565
Reading on staff on point B natural ground = 0.855
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Reading on inverted staff on point C = 3.975
Use rise and fall method and height of collimation method.
3) The following consecutive readings were taken along AB with a 4m leveling staff on
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continuously slowing ground at intervals of 20m : 0.34m on A,
1.450,2.630,3.875,0.655,1.745,2.965,3.945,1.125,2.475,3.865 on B.
The elevation A was 60.350. enter the above readings in a level book form and work out
RLs by rise and fall method. Also find the gradient of the line AB.
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4) Explain, in details, the different types of leveling.
5) Insert the missing enters and rebook by rise and fall method. Apply usual checks.
BS IS FS HI RL Remarks
X 279.080 277.650 OBM
2.010 X
3.370
X
2.980
1.410
0.400
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X
278.070
278.680
X
280.640
281.370 TBM
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6) What is sensitiveness? How is it measured? Explain.
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7) The following notes refer to reciprocal levels taken with one level.
Staff Reading on
Inst.at Remarks
A B
P 1.820 2.740 Dist PQ = 1010m
Q RL of P = 126.380
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Find (a) true RL of Q (b) Combination for curvature and refraction (c) Angular error in
collimation adjustment of the inst.
What will be the difference in answers are interchanged?
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8) Two points A and B are 1200m apart across a wide river. The following reciprocal levels
are taken with one level.
Staff reading on
Inst station
A B
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A 1.485 2.365
B 1.035 1.402
The error in the collimation adjustment of the level is +0.008m in 60m. Calculate the true
difference of level between A and B and the error due to refraction only.
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9) In testing a dumpy level for the collimation error, the following observations were
obtained.
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Staff readings on
Level at Remarks
A B
C 1.465 2.005 C’ Is exactly midway between A &B
‘D’ Is midway between A & C and in same St. line
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D 1.310 1.660 as A,C &B.
Dist between A &B = 80m
Find out the staff readings on A and B in order that the line of collimation is truly Hl when
the instruments was at D.
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10) The following reciprocal level were taken during the testing of a dumpy level.
Staff reading on
Level at
A B
A 1.370 2.105
B 1.140 1.765
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Is the line of collimation adjustments? Find the true readings.
UNIT-IV
LEVELLING APPLICATIONS
Part – A
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1. Define contouring and contours.
2. Defines topographic maps.
3. Define contour interval and horizontal equivalent.
4. What are the factors on which the choice of contour interval depends?
5. How a hill and a depression can be differentiated using contouring?
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Part – B
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1.Explain the characteristics of contours.
2.Explain the methods of locating contours.
3.Explain the interpolation of contours with neat sketch
4.Explain the uses of contours maps.
5.Explain about the Mass hall Diagrams with neat sketch.
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6.Derive the formulas for calculation of areas and Volumes.
7.Drive on expression for simpson’s rule and trapezoidal rule.
8.The following offsets were taken from a chain line to a hedge.
Distance in m 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 81 90
Offsets in m
Calculate the area using (i) Simpson’s rule (ii) trapezoidal rule
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9. Certain field has three straights sides PQ, QR, RS and an irregular side PS. Calculate
the area Of the field from the following data.
PQ = 130m, QR =200m, PS = 150m, PR = 230m. Offset taken outwards from PS to the
irregular boundary at chain ages 0,30,60,90,120 and 150 Have values 0,3.2,1.6,6.8,4.0 and 0
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10. The following perpendicular offsets were taken at 10 metres intervals from a survey
line to a an irregular boundary line. 3.25,5.60,4.20,6.65,8.75,6.20,3.25,4.20,5.65.
calculate the area using average ordinate rule, trapezoidal rule and simpson’s rule .
11. A railway embankment is 10m wide with side slopes 2:1. Assuming the ground to be
level in a direction traverse to the centerline , calculate the volume contained in a
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length of 150m, the central heights at 30m intervals beings 2.5,3.00,4.00,3.75, and
2.75 respectively.
UNIT-V
THEODOLITE SURVEYING
Part-A
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8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of subtense method over stadia method?
9. What are the errors that may arise in stadia?
10. Give the precision of stadia survey.
11. Define stadia intercept.
12. What is the principle of stadia method?
13. What is tacheometry?
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16. Movable hair method is not adopted generally, why?
17. What is multiplying constant and additive constant?
18. Give the expression for RL of staff above the station in stadia fixed, when line of sight is
inclined and staff normal to it.
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19. Give the expression for V in tangential method.
20. What is a subtense bar?
21. In the fixed hair method, the line of sight is horizontal and staff is held vertically. If
additive constant is zero, multiplying constant is 100 and distance two hairs is 2.7m,
determine the horizontal distance between the two stations.
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22. What is theodolite?
23. Mention the Classification of Theodolites.
24. Mention the parts of Theodolites
25. What is the use of peep sight and plummet?
26. Define the following terms: -
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a. Vertical axis
b. Horizontal axis
c. Line of sight / line of collimation.
d. Axis of level tube
e. Centering
f. Transiting
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g. Swinging the telescope
h. Face left / face right observation
i. Telescope normal
j. Telescope inverted
k. Changing face.
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Part-B
1. The following readings were taken on a vertical staff with a tacheometer fitted
with an analytic lens and having a constant of 100.
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A 47°10’ 0.940 1.500 2.060 8°0’
B 227°10’ 0.847 2.000 3.153 -5°0’
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Calculate the relative level of the ground at A and B and the gradient between A and B.
2. How do you calculate the horizontal and vertical distances between a instrument
station and a staff station when the line of collimation is inclined to the horizontal
and the staff is held vertically.
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3. Explain the procedure of estimating the horizontal and vertical distances where
the line of collimation is inclined to the horizontal and the staff is held normal to
the line of collimation
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4. The following notes refer to a line levelled tacheometrically with an anallatic
tacheometer, the multiplying constant being 100:
Compute the reduced levels of P.Q and R and the horizontal distances PQ and QR.
The Instrument is fitted with an analytic lens and the constant is 100- compute
the length of PQ and R-C of Q that of P being 321.5m.
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6. Calculate the horizontal and vertical distances using tangential tacheometry when
Both the observed angles are angle of elevation and angle of depression.
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from A. If the vertical angle was +25º and the horizontal distance AB 190.326 m,
calculate the other staff readings and show that the two intercept intervals are not equal.
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Using these values, calculate the level of B if A is 37.950 m angle of depression and the
height of the instrument is 1.35 m.
8. Explain the different between tangential and stadia tacheometry. How will you determine
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the stadia constants?
9. Two points A & B are on opposite sides of a summit. The tacheometer was set up at P on
top of the summit, and the following readings were taken.
Inst. Height of Staff Vertical Hair Remarks
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station axis station angles readings
P 1.500 A -10° 1.150, 2.050, RL of P =
2.950 450.500m
P 1.500 B -12° 0.855, 1.605,
2.355
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station
Height of
axis
Staff
station
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10. The following observation were made using a tacheometer fitted with an anallatic lens,
the multiplying constant being 100.
Vertical
angles
Hair readings Remarks
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O 1.550 A 30°30’ 4°30’ 1.155, 1.755, RL of O
2.355 = 150.00
B 75°30’ 10°15’ 1.250, 2.00,
2.750
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Calculate the distance AB, and the RLs of A and B. Find also the gradient of the line AB.
11. Two observations were taken upon a vertical staff by means of a theodolite, the reduced
level of its trunnion axis being 160.95. In the case of the first, the angle of elevation was
4°36’ and the staff reading 0.75. In the case of second observation, the staff reading was 3.45
and the angle of elevation 5°48’. Calculate the reduced level of the staff station and its
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12. A staff was held vertically at distance of 45m and 120m from the centre of a theodolite
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fitted with stadia hairs and the staff intercepts with the telescope horizontal were 0.447m and
1.193m respectively. The instrument was then set over a station P of R .L 500.25m and the
height of the instrument was 1.45m. The hair readings on a staff held vertically at station Q
were 1.20, 1.93 and 2.66m while the vertical angle was -9°30’. Find the distance PQ and the
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RL of Q.
13. Explain the permanent adjustment of theodolite?
14.Explain the parts of theodolite?
15. How horizontal angles are measured using repetition a reiteration method?
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